This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric – Quiz 353 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 353 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This appeal usually represents the speaker or writer. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 2. The speaker's attitude toward the subject as revealed by word choice. A) Ethos. B) Style. C) Logos. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tone. 3. This a claim that is supported with logical reasoning and credible evidence. A) Anaphora. B) Fallacy. C) Objective. D) Argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Argument. 4. How do you pronounce synecdoche? A) Without-nec-doe-key. B) S-i-n-d-o-k-i-e. C) Sign-neck-dough-key. D) Sen-neck-the-key. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Without-nec-doe-key. 5. One that does not expect an explicit answer-rather, it is used to pose an idea to be considered by the speaker or the audience. A) Objective. B) Persuasion. C) Pedantic. D) Rhetorical Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetorical Question. 6. ID the Preposition:Lebron James fell onto a spectator, injuring her terribly. A) Terribly. B) Injuring. C) Onto. D) Spectator. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onto. 7. Which of the following is NOT a rhetorical appeal a writer or speaker uses to make an argument? A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Lagos. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lagos. 8. These are the three rhetorical appeals. A) Ethical, Emotional, Logical. B) Writing, Speaking, Showing. C) Hubris, Hamartia, Hera. D) Ethos, Passion, Reason. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ethos, Passion, Reason. 9. Includes a subject and a verb that expresses a complete thought. A) A sentence. B) A subordinate clause. C) A dependent clause. D) An appositive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A sentence. 10. A statement that seems contradictory at first but makes sense after reflecting on it A) Narrative. B) Prose. C) Predicate nominative. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paradox. 11. When figuring out what an author's claim is you should look to A) The thesis. B) The evidence. C) The counterargument. D) The conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The thesis. 12. The principle of clarity and logical adherence to a topic that binds all parts of a composition A) Exposition. B) Parallelism. C) Coherence. D) Slanting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coherence. 13. Which is not a component of rhetoric? A) Persuading an audience through the appeals of ethos, pathos, and logos. B) Choosing words carefully to have a certain effect on an audience. C) Including visual elements which do not add to the message of the piece. D) Incorporating specific rhetorical devices to help build an argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Including visual elements which do not add to the message of the piece. 14. ..... is a technique in which a sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated for emphasis or unity. A) Repetition. B) Parallelism. C) Alliteration. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 15. Aristotle believed that a speaker's ability to persuade an audience is based on how well the speaker appeals to that audience in three different areas:logos, ethos, and pathos. What is this term called? A) Rhetorical Appeals. B) SOAPSTone. C) Rhetorical Techniques. D) Rhetorical Triangle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical Appeals. 16. The use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning or meter. A) Repetition. B) Imagery. C) Allusion. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parallelism. 17. Define polemic A) Greek word:Hostile; an aggressive argument that tries to establish one opinion as superior. B) Greek word:mask; the face or character that a speaker shows to his or her audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Greek word:mask; the face or character that a speaker shows to his or her audience. 18. The power to influence or direct people's behavior or the course of events A) Propaganda. B) Surveillance. C) Oppression. D) Control tags1984Real Life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Control tags1984Real Life. 19. A rhetoric Logical Appeal is also known as? A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 20. Repetition of grammatically similar words, clauses, or sentences to emphasize a point or stir the emotions of a reader / listener A) Parallelism. B) Alliteration. C) Anastrophe. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parallelism. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesRhetoric Quiz 1Rhetoric Quiz 2Rhetoric Quiz 3Rhetoric Quiz 4Rhetoric Quiz 5Rhetoric Quiz 6Rhetoric Quiz 7Rhetoric Quiz 8Rhetoric Quiz 9Rhetoric Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books